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单词 shell-shocked
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Definition of shell-shocked in English:

shell-shocked

adjective ˈʃɛlʃɒktˈʃɛlʃɑkt
  • 1Suffering from shell shock.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He returned shell-shocked, eligible for a full pension.
    • Many Americans know that Patton slapped two shell-shocked soldiers who'd sought refuge in an Army hospital bed during the Allies' invasion of Sicily in August 1943.
    • Grace was Egan's mother whose three brothers were casualties to the war: one died, another was gassed, another shell-shocked.
    • The term "shell shocked" became well known during the Vietnam War.
    • Uncle Charlie had been in the trenches in the First World War and come back "shell shocked."
    • This World War II romance film makes Amanda feel all warm and cozy, as only stories of convicts and shell-shocked veterans can.
    • The film is about a shell-shocked WWI veteran, who becomes obsessed with restoring the intricate mechanical Harrison clocks, regardless of the personal cost.
    • Against that apocalyptic reality, the 17 shell-shocked British soldiers shot for "cowardice" look like the only sane men in uniform on the continent.
    • Septimus Smith, a shell-shocked World War One veteran, overhears people discussing the matter.
    • As he prepared his shell-shocked troops for life in the basement, his new broom approach was not to everyone's liking.
    • It was a terribly sad situation and some of these soldiers were genuinely shell-shocked.
    • Later he went abroad and the misfortunate wretch got shell-shocked in some foreign war.
    • Many of those who opted out were repeat deserters who weren't even shell-shocked.
    • The first inkling of what is to come appears after Charlie returns home, shell-shocked after seeing his brother wounded.
    1. 1.1 Shocked or confused because of a sudden alarming experience.
      he told shell-shocked investors that the company needed still more money to survive the year
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The other half wore the shell-shocked expressions of those who have inadvertently wandered into the wrong club.
      • Shell-shocked Kevin finds himself caught in the crossfire between the two women he loves most.
      • It has fizzled out largely because shellshocked financiers are not in the mood for fine details and patience.
      • Stand-off Paul Cooke's conversion was astray, providing some relief for the shell-shocked Bulls.
      • The Conservatives are slowly coming out of the shell-shocked denial that followed the 1997 defeat.
      • You could be shell-shocked by all of the applause.
      • Sandy and Terry go and see an actual birth and come back shell-shocked.
      • The record defeat left Britain's players shell-shocked
      • Jol looked shell-shocked, unsure whether to laugh or cry.
      • He told Nancy Grace he was shell shocked by the hidden camera.
      • Speaking for the first time about the incident, Mrs Fitzpatrick said she was "totally shell shocked" by the news of the attack.
      • The 12-year-old eponymous hero of the film, Daniel Radcliffe, looked shell-shocked by the hysteria which greeted his arrival at the premiere.
      • Even now, as I write, so many hours after the unspeakable incident, my mind still reels in shell-shocked horror and uncertainty.
      • Bald and shell-shocked by the experience, she also learnt a valuable lesson.
      • Often spellbound, occasionally shell-shocked, we succumb to Tendulkar's verbal wizardry.
      • When he walked off the green he was one shot behind and looking shell-shocked.
      • On the day, everyone was shellshocked, checking what had happened, whether everyone was safe, all of that.
      • Each film was a devastating experience which left me almost shell-shocked.
      • She was still asleep upstairs when she was greeted by the sight of Mr Page, standing in his red pyjamas looking shell-shocked.
      • With that he made a quick exit and locked himself in his library while Gwen sat there shell shocked.

Origin

First World War: with reference to exposure to shellfire.

 
 

Definition of shell-shocked in US English:

shell-shocked

adjectiveˈʃɛlʃɑktˈSHelSHäkt
  • 1Suffering from shell shock.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Septimus Smith, a shell-shocked World War One veteran, overhears people discussing the matter.
    • Many of those who opted out were repeat deserters who weren't even shell-shocked.
    • Grace was Egan's mother whose three brothers were casualties to the war: one died, another was gassed, another shell-shocked.
    • The film is about a shell-shocked WWI veteran, who becomes obsessed with restoring the intricate mechanical Harrison clocks, regardless of the personal cost.
    • Later he went abroad and the misfortunate wretch got shell-shocked in some foreign war.
    • He returned shell-shocked, eligible for a full pension.
    • This World War II romance film makes Amanda feel all warm and cozy, as only stories of convicts and shell-shocked veterans can.
    • It was a terribly sad situation and some of these soldiers were genuinely shell-shocked.
    • As he prepared his shell-shocked troops for life in the basement, his new broom approach was not to everyone's liking.
    • The first inkling of what is to come appears after Charlie returns home, shell-shocked after seeing his brother wounded.
    • The term "shell shocked" became well known during the Vietnam War.
    • Many Americans know that Patton slapped two shell-shocked soldiers who'd sought refuge in an Army hospital bed during the Allies' invasion of Sicily in August 1943.
    • Uncle Charlie had been in the trenches in the First World War and come back "shell shocked."
    • Against that apocalyptic reality, the 17 shell-shocked British soldiers shot for "cowardice" look like the only sane men in uniform on the continent.
    1. 1.1 Shocked or confused because of a sudden alarming experience.
      he told shell-shocked investors that the company needed still more money to survive the year
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Even now, as I write, so many hours after the unspeakable incident, my mind still reels in shell-shocked horror and uncertainty.
      • When he walked off the green he was one shot behind and looking shell-shocked.
      • With that he made a quick exit and locked himself in his library while Gwen sat there shell shocked.
      • The 12-year-old eponymous hero of the film, Daniel Radcliffe, looked shell-shocked by the hysteria which greeted his arrival at the premiere.
      • On the day, everyone was shellshocked, checking what had happened, whether everyone was safe, all of that.
      • It has fizzled out largely because shellshocked financiers are not in the mood for fine details and patience.
      • Shell-shocked Kevin finds himself caught in the crossfire between the two women he loves most.
      • Each film was a devastating experience which left me almost shell-shocked.
      • Stand-off Paul Cooke's conversion was astray, providing some relief for the shell-shocked Bulls.
      • Sandy and Terry go and see an actual birth and come back shell-shocked.
      • You could be shell-shocked by all of the applause.
      • Bald and shell-shocked by the experience, she also learnt a valuable lesson.
      • Jol looked shell-shocked, unsure whether to laugh or cry.
      • Often spellbound, occasionally shell-shocked, we succumb to Tendulkar's verbal wizardry.
      • The Conservatives are slowly coming out of the shell-shocked denial that followed the 1997 defeat.
      • She was still asleep upstairs when she was greeted by the sight of Mr Page, standing in his red pyjamas looking shell-shocked.
      • He told Nancy Grace he was shell shocked by the hidden camera.
      • The record defeat left Britain's players shell-shocked
      • The other half wore the shell-shocked expressions of those who have inadvertently wandered into the wrong club.
      • Speaking for the first time about the incident, Mrs Fitzpatrick said she was "totally shell shocked" by the news of the attack.

Origin

First World War: with reference to exposure to shellfire.

 
 
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